2 RV's to Wilmington NC

... spending the night at Durham NC

All went OK today ... except when BB tore the hose off the diesel pump :)

150 miles to the drop. Stage one RV, then pickup a rental car and deliver. Then look for work.

Not as big a spread for breakfast as yesterday, but good. Actual over hard eggs and ham. Plus some juice.

We are rolling by 7 AM central time. Not much for rush hour near Dayton. I'm guessing we should have looked at fuel prices better when we were planning today. Yesterday, the plan had been to stop in Dayton for fuel before driving another hour to the hotel. But because we stayed in Dayton, we decided to knock off an hour before fueling. That didn't take into account the price of fuel.

1st stop was at the Loves in Jefferson. Place is being worked on so very crowded. Not sure what they did at the fuel desk but it looks like they gave me a $.10 discount besides the one we get from our fuel company. Cost less so we'll keep it.

2nd stop was Loves in Rio Grande. BB said she was flashing her lights at me to stop at the rest area a couple of miles before Loves, but I was watching for her blinkers and didn't see any headlights flashing.

3rd stop was the Oasis in Beckley ... it will be closed for a year after this month. Sbaro's is the only thing left. Caribo, BK, Quiznos are already gone as are the pop machines. We were able to still get water and ice from the machine.

Our I-pass would work for tolls, but they take so long to hit the bill that we pay cash here in WV. Three tolls.

4th stop ... we had hoped we would make it to Lambsburg but we haven't gained any range yet. So this is an added stop. If we had fueled this AM in Dayton, then at Rio, we would have paid less and not had this extra stop.

We have been fueling, both at the same pump this trip to save on our fee's. So once I was done fueling, I hand the hose to BB who is on the other side of the fuel island ... POP ... the hose snaps off. No idea what she did. But because we were not running any fuel when it happened, we didn't loose any fuel. We just had to have a different pump started so BB could fuel. By the time we were done fueling and paying, there was someone out putting the hose back together. Not something I would try to do.

5th stop is Lambsburg ... but shouldn't have been. We top off because we have never had a range of over 300 miles after fueling this trip and it is 284 to the drop. So we should come in close ??? Nope, when we get to the hotel I have an extra range of over 70 miles, not 14 miles.

It is going to be dark when we get to the hotel but BB has one picked out in Durham, because that is where we guessed we would be tonight. No other reason to have pushed it so far.

6th and final stop is the Comfort Inn in Durham. BB wanted deli food but that would mean driving ... or walking across busy streets. Not a bad area, but lots of traffic, too much traffic to be crossing streets in the dark. People couldn't see us in the daylight yesterday walking.

We ended up with Outback across the parking lot. To go.

Load board

US - 207

IA - 82/80

We were not really watching trips yet today. Tomorrow ?